Light attachment for music-stands.



D. WILLIAMS.

LIGHT ATTACHMENT FOR MUSIG STANDS.

APPLICATION TILED MAB.21, 1911.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

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D. WILLIAMS.

LIGHT ATTAGH'MENT FOB. MUSIC STANDS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 1911.

1,010,335. Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

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DANIEL WILLIAMS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

LIGHT ATTACHMENT To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL WILLIAMS, a citizen of the- United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented new and useful Improvements in Li ht Attachments forMusic-Stands, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to sheet music supports and has for an object toprovide a light attachment for the said support to illuminate the musicadapted to be normally held on the support,

Among other features, my invention embodies a sleeve for attachment toan upright of a music stand, an arm turnably mounted upon the saidsleeve, a second sleeve adjustably mounted on the said arm and a secondarm slidable in the said second sleeve with means on the outer end ofthe said second arm for attaching a light thereto, the outer end of thesaid second arm being also provided with a reflector for refleeting thelight on to the music disposed on the stand.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings constituting a partof this specification, in which similar characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figurel is aperspective view of a music stand showing my device applied thereto withan electric light globe attached to the device and provided withelectrical connections to' suitable batteries disposed adjacent the baseof the music stand. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of my device with anelectric light for attachment to one end of my device, the electriclight globe being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofone of the sleeves with an arm fitted in the said sleeve, parts .beingbroken away to disclose the underlying structure. Fig. 4 is a plan viewof my invention. Fig. 5 is a seetional view on. the line 55 in Fig. 2,and Fig. 6 is a modified form of my device showing a View similar toFig. 3 with an attaching hook mounted on the said arm.

Referring more particularly to the various views I employ a, sleeve 10having the upper open end 11 thereof preferably bent Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed March 21,

to form a ring 12 and having the lower end 1 thereof provided with anopening 13. In E tegi'ally formed on the sleeve 10 and (lef pendingtherefrom is a brace 14 provided at its lower end with a slotted member15. i

FOR MUSIC-STANDS.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

1911. Serial No. 615,855.

The arm 16 is mounted to fit into the opening 11 of the sleeve 10 and isprovided with a pin 17 adapted to en age the rin 12 so that the said armcan e turned relatively to the sleeve 10. The upper end of the arm 16 ispreferably flattened and has a series of corrugations 18 formed thereonand a sleeve 19 having a flattened portion 20 provided with corrugations21, is adapted to engage the flattened portion of the arm 16 and beadjustably secured thereto by a set screw 22, so that the said sleeve 19can be moved relatively to the arm 16. The outer end of the sleeve 19 isadapted to turnably receive the end of an arm 23, the outer end of thesaid arm terminating in a fork 24 having pivotally mounted thereon anend of a clamp 25, the other end of the said clamp being adapted toreleasably engage the fork 24. Secured to the clamp 25 and dependingtherefrom is a reflector 26, the said reflector being preferably madeadjustable relatively to the clamp 25 as shown in Fi 2. %n theapplication of my device to a music stand 27 the slotted member 15 andthe extension 14 of thesleeve 10 are adapted to enga e the center bar 28of the music stand 27 t e up er end of the bar 28 being reeeived in t eopening 13 of the sleeve 10 as shown in Fig. 1. As mentioned heretofore,the arm 16 is turnably mounted on the sleeve 10 and the sleeve 19 can beadjusted relatively to the arm 16 by means of the set screw 22, as willbe readily understood. An electric li ht globe 29 is adapted to besecured to t e arm 23 by means of the clamp 25 encircling a portion ofthe globe 29 and connected to the fork 24 of the arm 23, the electriclight globe 29 being provided with wires 30 for connection with anelectric battery 31 disposed adjacent the base of the music stand 27.

In the modified form of my device I employ a sleeve 35, similar in manyrespects to the sleeve 10, the said sleeve 35 being rovidcd with aclampin book 36 mounte to extend transversely tirough the sleeve 35 andprovided with a sleeve 37 so that the sleeve can be secured to the musicstand 27 by attaching the sleeve 35 to the stand in the mannerheretofore described and then clamping an upper bar of the stand 27 tothe sleeve 35 by means of the clamping hook 36.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that my device isadjustable to various positions so that the electric light globe 29 canbe positioned at almost any angle relatively to the sheet music disposedon the stand 27 and although for the urpose of describing my invention Ilave shown In device equipped with an electric light glo e, it will beunderstood that any ot er convenient illuminating means can be employedand that the scope of the invention is defined in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new, is

1. A light attachment for stands comprising a sleeve for attachment tothe stand, an arm turnably mounted in said sleeve a second sleeveadjustably mounted on the said arm, a second arm turnabl mounted on thesaid second sleeve, a fork lntegrally formed on the outer end of thesaid second arm, a clamp mounted on the said fork and adapted to clamp ali ht to the said second arm and a reflector a justably mounted on thesaid clamp.

2. In a light attachment for stands, a tubular sleeve, a bar integrallyformed on the said sleeve and depending therefrom for engagement withthe said stand, a springcontrolled clamping hook mounted on the saidsleeve and ada ted to engage the said stand, an arm turna ly mounted onthe said sleeve, a second sleeve adjustabl mounted on the said arm,means for ad usting the said second sleeve relatively to the said arm, asecond arm turnably mounted on the said second sleeve, a clamp mountedon the outer end of the said second arm andadapted to clam a lightthereto and a reflector ad justa 1y mounted on the said clamp forreflecting the light on to music disposed on said stand.

In testlmon whereof'I aflix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

DANIEL WILLIAMS. Witnesses:

JOHN W. Momzow, ALFRED H. CORNELL.

